John Hurt has been nominated for a TV Bafta for reprising the role of Quentin Crisp - 34 years after he received the award for playing the flamboyant gay writer in The Naked Civil Servant.

Hurt, 70, is up for Leading Actor, up against Kenneth Branagh for Wallander, Brendan Gleeson for his portrayal of Winston Churchillin Into The Storm (BBC2) and first-time nominee David Oyelowo for his performance in Small Island (BBC1).

Hurt made his reputation and caused a sensation when he took on the role of the eccentric Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant in1975. He took up the part again for An Englishman In New York (ITV1)last year.

The awards, which will be hosted by Graham Norton from the London Palladium on June 6 and broadcast on BBC1, also see Julie Walters clock up her 13th and 14th Bafta nominations - with two nods in the Leading Actress category.

She is in the running for her role as the late politician Mo Mowlam in the Channel 4 drama Mo, and for her performance in A Short Stay in Switzerland, the BBC1 drama inspired by the story of Dr Anne Turner, who took her own life in Zurich in 2006.

Walters is up against Helena Bonham Carter, who receives her first Bafta TV nomination for her performance as children's author Enid Blyton in the BBC1 drama Enid.

Sophie Okonedo is also in the running for her powerful performance as Winnie Mandela in the BBC4 drama Mrs Mandela.

Okonedo also has a nomination in the Supporting Actress category for Criminal Justice (BBC1), where she is up against Imelda Staunton (Cranford), Rebecca Hall (Red Riding 1974) and Lauren Socha (The Unloved).

In other categories, Britain's Got Talent is in the running for best Entertainment Programme, up against The Graham Norton Show (BBC1),which is nominated for the first time, Harry Hill's TV Burp (ITV1) and Newswipe with Charlie Brooker (BBC4).

In the Continuing Drama section, Coronation Street returns after two years, alongside The Bill, which has been nominated in itsfinal year, Casualty and EastEnders.

In the International category, last year's winner Mad Men (BBC4) returns to take on animated comedy series Family Guy (BBC3),Nurse Jackie (BBC2) and True Blood (FX).

Rebecca Front is nominated in the Female Performance in a Comedy Programme category for her role as ineffectual MP Nicola Murray in The Thick Of It, which is also up for best Situation Comedy.

Peter Capaldi, the man who plays Nicola's bullying and foul-mouthed nemesis, spin doctor Malcolm Tucker, is up for the Male Performance category.

In terms of nominations, David Mitchell, Harry Hill, Miranda Hart as well as Okonedo lead the field with two nominations each.

Mitchell has a nod for Male Performance in a Comedy Programme for Peep Show while his other show, That Mitchell And Webb Look, is up for best Comedy Programme.

Hill has a nod for best Entertainment Performance for Harry Hill's TV Burp while the show is also up for Entertainment Programme.

Hart is nominated for Female Performance in a Comedy Programme for her role in BBC2 drama Miranda, while her show is also up for bestSituation Comedy.

First-time nominee Michael McIntyre takes on Ant and Dec and Stephen Fry as well as Hill in the Entertainment Performance category.

This year, the BBC has 54 nominations, ITV has 12, Channel 4has 23 - including three for E4, but Five and More4 do not have a single nomination.

Heston's Feasts is up for best Features programme, against The Choir: Unsung Town, which featured an attempt to turn a housing estate into a centre of choral excellence, James May's Toy Story, and Masterchef: The Professionals.

Athletics in the form of the World Athletics Championships(BBC2) has been nominated for the first time in the Sport category,with the BBC's F1 - The Brazilian Grand Prix and World Athletics Championship up against ITV's Chelsea vs Everton FA Cup Final and Liverpool vs Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League Live.